No beating around the bush with this one. He likes that. "I suppose I'll have to claim crawling. I've lived here for some time, but only recently made my debut in the social realm."

Of course, he'd also had that batty 'hero' running around, making trouble. Difficult to be in the spotlight when there were rats with wings lurking about. And speaking of rats, now to the real reason he wanted to speak to Brooke.

"I very nearly wasn't able to attend this event, sadly. There was an attack on my club last night. A strange woman maimed a couple of my bouncers and some police officers without any provocation at all. It was quite an experience." He sipped his champagne and frowned thoughtfully. "I can't be certain, but I believe she said your name when she was screeching. Something about having heard 'better insults from Brooke Wyngarde'. You wouldn't have made the unpleasant acquaintance of a unbalanced redhead recently, have you?"